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Chicken pox

hiya. i spent a day with my friend on thursday she has a little boy whos about to turn one. he has been down the hospital today and turns out he has chicken pox. i have already had them, are there any risks to my pregnancy?

Just wanted to add the second time you get chicken pox is called shingles and is worse than chicken pox my brother got it twice and he was very unwell just try and keep away sorry I know it's sounds bad just trying to help my fiends mum had chicken pox whilst she was pregnant with him and has resulted in him being deaf in one ear and blind in one eye he also has other medical needs take care of yourself Hun try not to worry too much as its rare to get it twice x

If u have had chicken poxthen it's extremely rare for u to catch it again, if you do develop shingles then it isn't harmful to your baby but your recovery period can take longer. Think there's a section on the baby centre site on chicken pox in pregnancy if you want to read it to put your mind at ease a bit x

My son got chicken pox why I was pregnant with my 4th child, the doctor and mw's all told me that because I had already had them as a child I was safe, injections agaist chickenpox are not normaly given in the uk and they prob wouldn't want to risk it why you was pregnant anyway and may I just add you can't catch shingles from chicken pox. Its the same virus but can't be caught, its a dormant virus that lays in your system and comes out in shingles so don't panic x x

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